Thorough

/ˈθʌɹə/ · adjective

Meaning

Painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail..

Definitions by Sense

1. Painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail.
2. Utter; complete; absolute.
3. (archaic) Through.
4. (UK, dialect) A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.

Example Sentences

The Prime Minister announced a thorough investigation into the death of a father-of-two in police custody.

Not enough! Your work has to be thorougher than this.

It's the most thorough artwork I have ever seen!

The infested house needs a thorough cleansing before being inhabitable again.

Dr. Oldfield once said to me, 'You talk to me quite all right, but why is it that you never open your lips at a committee meeting? You are a drone.' I appreciated the banter. The bees are ever busy, the drone is a thorough idler.

Ye might haue ſeene the frothy billowes fry Vnder the ſhip, as thorough them ſhe went […]

You are contented to be led in triumph Thorough the streets of Rome?

At length did cross an Albatross: / Thorough the fog it came; […]

Synonyms for thorough

Antonyms for thorough

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Word Forms

• thorougher
• more thorough
• thoroughest
• most thorough
• thoro
• thoroughs

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